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UNCA to Host
Talk on
Southern
Jewish Identity
UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish
Studies will present a talk on
"Homelands: Southern-Jewish
Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina" by
Leonard Rogoff at 7pm Thursday, Dec. 5, in UNCA's
Owen Conference Center. This event is free and open to
the public.
Rogoff, research historian for the Jewish Heritage
Foundation of North Carolina, has written and lectured
extensively on the Jewish South with a focus on North
Carolina." His book "Homelands: Southern Jewish
Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina was
praised by Publisher's Weekly as "delightful...a
thorough, highly readable book that combines
scholarship and storytelling."
His essays have appeared in a number of books,
including "American Jewish History." He conceived,
researched and wrote text for the exhibit "Migrations:
The Jewish Settlers of Eastern North Carolina." He is
currently working on an extensive project on the history
of the Jewish people in North Carolina and edits "The
Rambler," the newsletter of the Southern Jewish
Historical Society.
For more information, call UNCA's Center for Jewish
Studies at 828/251-6576.
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UNCA's Writers at Home Series
Continues with Readings by
Author Brian l\/lcGrady and
Poet Mark Swanson
UNC Asheville's Writers at Home fall series continues with
readings by author Brian McGrady and poet Mark
Swanson at 3pm Sunday, Dec. 15, at Malaprop's
Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St.
Writers at Home is part of the Great Smokies Writing
Program, a consortium of Western Carolina writers and
UNCA's Creative Writing Program. The event is free and
open to the public.
McGrady, a 1999 graduate of UNCA, recently had a story
published in the Berkeley Fiction Review. One of his short
stories placed in the Virginia Highlands Festival Creative
Writing Contest.
Swanson, who holds a M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College,
is director of creative writing at the South Carolina
Governor's School for the Arts Academy at Converse
College. His poems have been published in Virginia
Quarterly, Passages North and Cumberland Poetry
Review, among others. He teaches English at Rabun
County High School in north Georgia, where he was
named Teacher of the Year.
For more information, call the UNCA
Department of Literature and
Language at 828/251-6411.
Taste of the Holidays-
Food for the Body and Soul!
Thursday, December 5th
Then join us for a Holiday Dinner with special
dishes of the season from these traditions as well
as many other menu choices. DH Meal plan or
$5 adults, $2.50 6-12, free 6 and under.
4:45-7pm, DH
^ Feed your Spirit- Join your campus community in
^ celebrating some of the spiritual traditions of
Kwanzaa, Hanukah, Christmas, and Ramadan.
FREE * tastes, songs, and words to brighten your draw your likeness! Bring your family!
holidays.
Visit v\^ith Santa, see the UNCA Bulldog Stompers
clogging team, or have our talented caricaturists
4:30-5:15pm, DH PDRs 100 & 200
Sponsored by a coalition of campus groups.
Call 232-5000 for more information.